Round dance is a form of dance similar to ballroom dance, in which dancers dance in pairs according to the announcement of choreographies from rhythms such as 2-step, waltz, cha-cha, rumba, jive and many more.
This type of dance "formation" prevents the "congestion" that is often experienced in ballroom dancing on the dance floor. The dancers are therefore better able to concentrate on executing the figures and dancing as a unit, rather than having to think about which figure to dance next. The dancers move around the floor on a "track" in a circle. Hence "Round Dance."
Round Dance features all the rhythms taught in ballroom dancing, such as. Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive, Tango, Slow Waltz and Slow Fox, as well as Country Twostep Mambo, Bolero, Discofox etc. Hits like "Mambo No.5" by Lou Bega and "Sexbomb" by Tom Jones & Mousse T. or "Satellite" by Lena Meyer-Landruth as well as well-known country hits "If I said you had a beautiful body..." by the Bellamy Brothers or evergreens and well-known melodies from famous musicals. The palette goes from pop to oldies, from soul to classical.
A specific part of the Round Dance is the cuer, the announcer.
Since there are far more choreographies than a dancer could learn by heart, a cuer announces the figure names of the choreography just before they must be performed. Round dancers learn to assign a figure name to each step sequence from day one. This makes it easier to build up the learned step sequences to ever new choreographies, since each dancer has already learned a certain figure repertoire. In courses (workshops) you can constantly expand your repertoire of figures or choreographies.
Round Dance is offered on Fridays alternating with Square Dance and on Sunday evenings.